Wednesday, July 26, 2023

Just The Ticket

Had not heard of this before this morning but as a means of honoring Buddy Teevens '79, there's an alumni-inspired initiative to try to set a Dartmouth record this fall for season-ticket accounts. A push by the late '70s and early '80s classes that overlapped with Teevens' years in uniform has the record within reach. If you'd like to help (and see some football in the process), learn more, or open a season-ticket account, CLICK HERE to address an email to the ticket office.
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Add to the growing list of rising high school seniors indicating their intention to commit to Dartmouth the name of James Elliott, a 6-foot-2, 195-pound receiver/defensive back from Leeds, Mass., and Williston Northampton School. He chose Dartmouth over offers from Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Penn, Lehigh, Holy Cross, Colgate, Georgetown, New Hampshire and Bryant as well as a preferred walk-on offer at Michigan.

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Dartmouth has a summer interview with junior defensive lineman Ejike Adele HERE.

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The Patriot League preseason poll was released at the conference media day and Dartmouth's two PL opponents were picked to finish third and fifth. The poll (with last year's overall and league record, points and first-place votes:

1. Holy Cross (12-1, 6-0), 72 points, (12 first-place votes)
2. Fordham (9-3, 5-1) 62 (2)
3. COLGATE (3-8, 2-4) 51
4. Lafayette (4-7, 3-3) 39
5. LEHIGH (2-9, 2-4) 32
T-6. Bucknell (3-8, 2-4) 19
T-6. Georgetown (2-9, 1-5) 19

The Analyst has a story spun out of the Patriot League media day that focuses largely on Lehigh HERE.

Speaking of Lehigh, linebacker Mike DeNucci earned this national plaudit: 

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The CAA held its media day as well and Sept. 16 Dartmouth opponent New Hampshire was picked second in the 15-team conference:

1. William & Mary (11-2, 7-1), 195 points (13 first-place votes)
2. NEW HAMPSHIRE (9-4, 7-1), 179 (1)
3. Richmond (9-4, 6-2), 159
4. Delaware (8-5, 4-4), 149 (1)
5. Elon (8-4, 6-2), 146
6. Rhode Island (11-2, 7-1), 135
7. Villanova (6-5, 4-4), 129
8. Monmouth (5-6, 3-5), 94
9. Towson (6-5, 4-4), 85
10. North Carolina A&T (7-4, 4-1 Big South), 70
11. Albany (3-8, 2-6), 64
12. Campbell (5-6, 2-6 Big South), 62
13. Maine (2-9, 2-6), 40
14. Stony Brook (2-9, 1-7), 38
15. Hampton (4-7, 1-7), 30

Find a Seacoast Online story on UNH's place in the poll HERE.

The CAA also announced there would be timeout countdown clocks at each stadium this fall as well as sideline replay monitors for officials.

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EXTRA POINT
The roofing crew did a nice job on our house, stripping all of the shingles and replacing them in a single day. The next morning they came with a big magnet sweeper and did a good job collecting most (though not quite all) of the nails that ended up on the perimeter of the house. I've discovered a few that somehow ended up a little farther out into the yard escaped the magnet.

I haven't done it yet but I may email the fellow who runs the company with a suggestion and it would be this: Please also run the magnet sweeper up and down the driveway where your trucks were parked.

Without going in search of stray nails I've found three of them in the driveway. When you have an EV with no spare tire that's concerning. The tires are "self healing" but I really don't want to find out if that stuff actually works.

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